Air Force overpaid $149,072 for C-17 soap dispensers

By Vanessa Montalbano / October 29, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Boeing unfairly charged the Air Force for 12 out of 46 C-17 Globemaster spare part items, including a 7,943% markup for lavatory soap dispensers, according to a report the Pentagon's inspector general released today. The audit determined the counter-mounted soap dispensers cost more than 80 times commercially available ones, leading the service to overpay $149,072 for the parts between fiscal years 2018 and 2022. The report redacted information about the unit price Boeing purchased the soap dispensers at and the...

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